Brown Budget Proposes Big Spending, But Takes Fiscally Cautious Approach

In a time when state coffers appear to be a couple of billion dollars flusher than anticipated, just about every program the state funds wants a piece of the action. Or at the very least, to be made whole again after the damage done during the Great Recession. Governor Jerry Brown's new budget proposal does loosen the purse strings -- but he's also taking a fiscally cautious approach.